Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI)

05/30/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcdhRbkYsGU
Watch this interview with Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, with Youri Smouter of 1+1, discussing the history and contemporary affairs of the Republic of South Africa. The program recorded on May 29, 2026 examines the various stages of historical development from the rise of traditional cultures, societies, kingdoms and nation-states. We then look at the onset of enslavement, colonialism and settler-colonialism. The apex of white supremacist rule was represented by the apartheid system. Nonetheless, the mass resistance, labor insurgencies and armed struggle attracted worldwide attention during the later decades of the 20th century. The program places South Africa within a regional and international context. We conclude by reviewing the democratic transition and the continuing contradictions inside the country.

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05/23/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djhLrDXrfq8
Watch this interview with Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, on 1+1 hosted by Youri Smouter where they review the history and contemporary affairs of the independent Kingdom of Lesotho in Southern Africa. This is part two of the discussion on the Mountain Kingdom which is completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. We look back on the history of resistance against the Boers and the British colonialists along with the post-independence situation which has been characterized by sectarian party politics; support for the liberation movements in South Africa; and the development of the phenomenal Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) in cooperation with their surrounding neighbor which is the largest industrial state on the continent.

Part Two and final part of looking at the history and current affai...

05/03/2026

Detroit May Day 2026 Held in Roosevelt Park:
On May 1, 2026, hundreds gathered on Michigan avenue at Roosevelt park to commemorate International Workers Day. This holiday extends back to the Haymarket massacre of 1886 where mass demonstrations and strikes in favor of the 8-hour day took place. In Detroit, the Central Labor Council of the AFL-CIO held a rally outside the refurbished train station. Speakers from various organized labor unions spoke representing the UAW, SEIU and others. After the rally the Moratorium NOW! Coalition, Democratic Socialist of America (DSA), Communist Party USA, and many other left and progressive organizations marched down Michigan avenue to the ICE detention and later Federal Bldg. Speakers addressed the crowd from the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), the People's Assembly of Detroit, African Bureau for Immigration and Social Affairs (ABISA) and the Detroit Union Education League (DUEL). This demonstration was part and parcel of 3,000 rallies and demonstrations across the United States and the world. (Video by Abayomi Azikiwe, Pan-African News Wire).